European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doll maker carves out Good reputation by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau Raf Alconbury England a to create something you love and be paid for your pleasure is Nice work if you can get it. For Wayne Mcghee a family member at Raf Alconbury and a part Cherokee a Talent for carving miniature Kachina dolls has grown into a marketable pastime. Mcghee 41, carves the dolls which depict american Indian spirits in the religion of the hopi tribe. The spirits portrayed by hopi tribesmen during tribal rituals Are related to nature and Center on the tribe s dependence on rain. No one seems to know How Many Kachina spirits exist in the hopi religion but the number is estimated at Between 250 and 350, Mcghee said. Mcghee became fascinated with the dolls More than a decade ago when he and his wife Patti an air Force sergeant who works As a paralegal at Alconbury a area defense Council were living in Arizona. The couple wanted to buy one of the dolls from a gift shop but with Price tags ranging from about $500 to $10,000, they were too expensive Mcghee said. Instead Patti Mcghee decided that her husband should try his hand at carving his own dolls. Although her husband had no formal Art training he had been drawing since Junior High school Ana had dabbled with Clay. So for Christmas in 1983, she gave him a set of a act knives and a chunk of Wood. A i went to the Library and got a Book on Wood carving and i just started carving Quot Wayne Mcghee said. His wife took the finished project to work and returned that evening with orders for dolls from four of her associates Mcghee said. His earliest creations though rather simple took about a month to carve he said they sold for a pittance. Ten years later Mcghee creates far More intricate dolls in about a week and can sell them for More than $500 each. However in Many cases he has held prices to about $250 per doll for people on limited incomes. A i like to be Able to sell them to people who could not buy them out of a store a Mcghee said. A a in a not out just to make Money at  in testimony to Mcgheee a Talent he won first prize for his dolls in the late 1980s at an exhibition of american Indian Art in Albuquerque . He also won first second and third place in Alconbury a 1993 artist craftsmen contest. Country music artists Jerry Reed and Johnny Cash each have purchased one of Mcgheee a dolls through a Friend the artist said. Kachina dolls generally Are carved from Drift Cottonwood Root which is extremely Light and porous and allows for great detail. As Mcgheee a Supply of. A amps Davo Aldio Vav sync Mcghee of Raf Alconbury makes an adjustment to one of his hand carved inc ulna dolls. Cottonwood Root has dwindled he has begun using Basswood which still allows him to add muscle tone to the dolls bodies Ripples to the clothing and texture to the hair. A i put a lot of detail in the muscle tone so it will look As authentic As a Little person standing there a Mcghee said. A a you be got to have a lot of patience a some dolls Are created almost entirely from Wood and then painted while others Are clothed in leather fur and feathers. Some dolls also have ornamental Bells and real Turquoise stones. It took Mcghee two years to find a local supplier for leather and fur in England. He obtains White Turkey feathers from a local Butcher which he carefully cuts and paints to resemble Eagle feathers As tiny As a Staple. But he still depends on his Mother in the United states to Send him Bells less than half the size of a pea. Most of Mcgheee a dolls stand about 10 inches tall but he also carves some that stand As tall As 18 inches. A amps Dave Dudlo Wayne Mcghee uses an a act knife to put some finishing touches on the White Burtalo doll. And As Small As 4 inches. The costumes on his creations Are taken from books that depict Kachinas but each character has a life of its own based on the shape of the Wood. A i done to embellish it a costume a Mcghee said. A i keep True to the colors and  visualizing the action of a character often demands staring at a piece of Wood for Long periods Mcghee said. He also sketches Many of the characters before he begins carving. Mcghee is completing a backlog of orders he received during a Bazaar at Alconbury last March. Every doll is signed and dated by Mcghee and comes with a Booklet composed by the artist that explains the origin of the Kachina and the Kachina dolls and describes How the dolls arc made. Mcghee also supplies dolls to several gift shops in the United states. A i put so much into it the work a Mcghee said. A a it a a Good feeling to get my Art spread  . Sends by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington four . Armoured personnel carriers left Rhein main a Germany wednesday night on a flight to Uganda for delivery to . Peacekeeping forces in War torn Rwanda. The four m113a2s Are among 50 vehicles from army War Reserve stocks in Germany and the Netherlands to be used in the tiny Central african nation where a 2-Monthold civil War is thought to have claimed More than half a million lives. The defense department is leasing the vehicles a 46 mli3a2s, three m578 armoured recovery vehicles and one m113a2 tracked ambulance a to the United nations. All Are expected to be delivered within a week. In a separate Relief Effort the defense department has flown 92 Airlift missions carrying 2,516 tons of humanitarian Relief supplies and equipment into the Region since May 11. The supplies included blankets Rolls of plastic sheeting that can be used As shelters food cooking Oil and Medicine. The vehicles come from the . Army Europe a excess stocks stored at Mannheim and Karlsruhe Germany and Brun sum Netherlands. Five armoured personnel carriers including the tracked to French troops Cross Border on mercy Mission Paris apr French soldiers crossed into Rwanda on thursday to try to Stop the widespread killing of civilians despite fears that the two month Mission could inflame murderous passions and ignite a w Ider conflict. The first troops of a i 600-Man contingent crossed into Western Rwanda from two Border towns in neighbouring Zaire where they had been gathering for two Days said French government radio quoting an unidentified government source. France s mercy Mission won narrow approval wednesday from a divided . Security Council despite warnings from rwandan rebels that the French would be treated As enemies. French foreign minister Frangois Leotard said about 2,500 French soldiers and marines would be sent to Rwanda in Advance of a larger . 1 Force to be in place later this summer. A reconnaissance group entered from the Border town of Goma in Zaire while about 200 men in transport vehicles and backed by helicopters entered 60 Miles to the South from Bukavu officials said. The initial objective is to secure the safety of 8,000 minority Tutsi at a refugee Camp in cya Gugu in the southwestern Border Region. Ambulance Are coming from Mannheim 14 armoured personnel carriers from Karlsruhe and 28 armoured personnel carriers and the three recovery vehicles from Brun sum the package also includes 49 .50-caliber machine guns with mounts and Shields spare parts and vehicle communications installation equipment. Leasing the package will Cost the United nations about $12 million. The vehicles have been repainted White with . Markings and Are being moved to Rhein main by heavy trucks on German autobahn. Pentagon officials said the vehicles will be used by a fresh contingent of troops from Ghana who will reinforce remnants of a ghanaian mechanized infantry battalion already in Rwanda. The United nations is expected to train the ghanaian. A no . Military personnel will accompany the vehicles into Rwanda although a Small . Quality Assurance team will accompany the equipment to Uganda to assist in their Transfer a a Pentagon official said. Two a mls and two c-5s Are to Fly the equipment from Rhein main to Uganda. Negotiation of the lease took about a month. Independent Relief organizations criticized the delay but the Pentagon official said the lease or Sale of . Equip ment to other nations usually takes three to four months. In this Case the lease was expedited a due to the urgency of the .�?Ts request and the plight of the rwandan people a the official said. Since the equipment is from excess War Reserve stocks there will be no effect on usage  a readiness he said